AYSA Blind Draft

Teams are determined by a blind draft held in March or April. The players are selected randomly from a player “pool.” The draft will be conducted by the Soccer Board and an independent official. You are welcome to observe the process. Please contact a board member if you would like to observe. The AYSA "Draft": A “blind draft” is conducted, where names for an age group are pulled from a hat. If the age group is co-ed, the teams are mixed as evenly as possible with boys and girls. Some consideration is given to experienced vs. non-experienced players so that every team starts on equal footing. Children of coaches and assistant coaches are placed on their parent’s team. This is to prevent scheduling problems in families and as an incentive for parents to coach. Without coaches, there are no teams.

Coaches will notify their players in late April or early May as to when practices will begin .